DVIR, R., SCHWARTZBERG, Y., AVNI, H., WEBB, C. and LETTICE, F. (2006). The future center as an urban innovation engine. Journal of knowledge management, 10 (5), 110-123.
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Purpose – The purpose of this article is to describe a future center as an urban innovation engine for the knowledge city, to understand the success factors of a future center and how this success can be replicated systematically in the implementation and development of future centers in the future. Design/methodology/approach – Nine future centers were visited and a longitudinal action research-based case study was conducted at the regional Be'er Sheva PISGA Future Center in Israel, within the educational domain. Findings – There are 13 conceptual building-blocks for a future center and the unifying principle is conversations. The PISGA future center put the concept of a future center into action and was guided by six operating principles: values, experiment and learning, organizational structure, partnerships, physical space, and virtual space. They were able to initiate ten new educational projects within the first two years of operation. A conceptual model of a regional future center was developed and tested on the PISGA case, defining the five key ingredients as community conversations, future images, an innovation lab, a knowledge and intelligence center and implementation projects. Research limitations/implications – After two years of testing the findings, only intermediate results are available. Further research is needed to develop and test the concepts and model further. Practical implications – This paper provides building-blocks and a generic model that can be used by the creators of next generation future centers.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | cities, education, innovation, knowledge management |
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Sheffield Business School Research Institute > People, Work and Organisation |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1108/13673270610691224 |
Page Range: | 110-123 |
Depositing User: | Ann Betterton |
Date Deposited: | 12 Jun 2008 |
Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2021 23:31 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/763 |
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